Automobile body frame structure

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EP 1 266 773 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	07.06.2006 Bulletin 2006/23

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	18.12.2002 Bulletin 2002/51

(21)	Application number: 02013151.2

(22)	Date of filing: 14.06.2002

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

B60G 7/02^(2006.01)

B62D 21/00^(2006.01)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

15.06.2001 JP 2001182509

(71)	Applicants:
	HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA Minato-ku, Tokyo (JP) F.Tech Incorporation Minami-Saitama-gun, Saitama (JP)

(72)	Inventors:
	Watanabe, Toshimichi, K.K.Honda Gijutsu Kenkyusho Wako-shi, Saitama (JP) Hirai, Hideki, K. K. Honda Gijutsu Kenkyusho Wako-shi, Saitama (JP) Seo, Kazuya, Haga Kenkyusho of F.Tech Incorp. Haga-gun, Tochigi (JP)

(74)	Representative: Prechtel, Jörg et al
	Weickmann & Weickmann Patentanwälte Postfach 86 08 20 81635 München 81635 München (DE)

(54)	Automobile body frame structure

(57) An automobile body frame structure has an arrangement in which a suspension lower arm is supported in a front sub-frame and the front sub-frame is mounted on main frames. Among a front rubber bush joint and a rear rubber bush joint of the lower arm which are supported in the sub-frame, the axis of the rear rubber bush joint is in the vertical direction. Securing the front sub-frame to the main frame using a bolt that is used for mounting the rubber bush joint on the front sub-frame reduces the number of bolts, thereby reducing the number of assembling steps and the cost.

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